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Plotting the VIX Index and TED Spread in R

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In this lesson, will will look at how to create the two graphs in R. Before you start, it is important to setup your basic environment:

Open RStudio and ensure that you have the basic setup in place.

Create a new directory called ‘quantative-trading-strategies-r’ in your computer. We will use this director for all the exercises in this course.
Set this directory as your working directory using the setwd() command. You can also check the current working directory using the getwd() command in R console.
Use the command CTRL+L to clear the console (Use this whenever you feel the console is cluttered).
Create a new R script where we will be writing our R script.
Install and load the ggplot2 package by typing the following commands in the console: